History of Liverpool football shirt design

sleeves and white advertising. This kit was rarely used as the management decided it was too difficult to see players in. Aston Villa away in 2002-03 was one of the worst conflicts with this kit. In readiness for 2003-04 that kit was relegated to the...
25 December 2006

No betting on football shirts ?

appear on youngsters' replica kits. Big club shirt sponsorships by gaming companies currently include Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough. Internet betting businesses are already reeling from the ban on their activities in...
13 December 2006

Nicking the shirts off their backs

them 7-0 in the 1887-88 season. Let's move south now, where Crystal Palace borrowed their claret and blue strip from Aston Villa - literally; the Villans lent them some kit when they got going in the early 1900s. In the 1970s, manager Malcolm Allison...
07 November 2006

The history of Umbro

Arsenal, Club Bolivar, Cruz Azul, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, C.A.Independiente , Liverpool, Aston Villa, Leeds United, Everton, Rangers, Deportivo La Coruña, Olympique Lyonnais, La U, Colo-Colo, Santos, Vasco, Atlético Nacional,...
05 November 2006

the history of Christie's football sales

shirts and medals with historical significance that provoked feverish bidding. Indeed, a painting by Deykin of a 1950 Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion match was sold for a hammer price of £6,800 - treble its initial estimate. Contemporary items were...
16 October 2006

Fake match-worn shirts guide

just one - a good indication is often football shirts are machine washed together so sometimes particulary clubs such as Aston Villa, West Ham United, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City, Chelsea, Manchester United because the players...
01 October 2006

Christie's Football memorabilia auction 13-09-2006

worn by Franco Baresi in the Scotland v. Italy match, played at Ibrox on the 18th November 1992 LOT 97 A CLARET AND BLUE ASTON VILLA 1977 LEAGUE CUP FINAL SHORT-SLEEVED SHIRT No.7, with v-neck collar and embroidered badge, inscribed F.L.Cup, Aston Villa...
04 September 2006

Football shirt sponsorship

four most valuable deals in the 2005-06 season. There are also signs of increasing interest from online gaming companies: Aston Villa recently signed a deal with 32Red. Figures from sports marketing specialist Brand Rapport show a twenty-fold gap...
24 August 2006